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Bolsa Chica Lowlands Restoration Monitoring
2008 Annual Report
Table 1-7. Water quality measurements taken during quarterly fish sampling in 2008.
January 2008
Station Monitoring
Quarter
Date
Sampling
Event
Strata Time Depth
(m)
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Temp
(°C)
Dissolved
Oxygen
Salinity
(ppt)
Turbidity
(NTU)
1 Jan-08 1/17/2008 BS Midwater 11:00 0.6 11.7 8.60 33.7 8.1
Jan-08 1/24/2008 PS/OT Surface 11:55 0.3 12.5 8.20 33.5 6.4
Jan-08 1/24/2008 PS/OT Bottom 11:57 1.5 12.4 8.20 33.5 6.7
2 Jan-08 1/17/2008 BS Midwater 12:33 0.6 12.9 9.20 33.9 15.0
Jan-08 1/24/2008 PS/OT Midwater 12:10 0.5 12.9 8.40 33.6 7.2
MPM Jan-08 1/17/2008 BS Midwater 8:00 0.6 7.9 7.50 30.9 45.0
April 2008
Station Monitoring
Quarter
Date
Sampling
Event
Strata Time Depth
(m)
Temp
(°C)
Dissolved
Oxygen
(mg/L)
Salinity
(ppt)
Turbidity
(NTU)
1 Apr-08 4/2/2008 BS Midwater 13:01 0.1 18.6 7.70 35.4 18.0
Apr-08 4/7/2008 PS/OT Surface 11:55 2.0 19.0 5.99 36.0 10.9
Apr-08 4/7/2008 PS/OT Bottom 11:52 3.5 19.0 5.80 36.1 13.4
2 Apr-08 4/2/2008 BS Midwater 14:20 0.1 16.8 8.50 35.0 18.7
Apr-08 4/7/2008 PS/OT Surface 11:45 2.1 15.7 7.76 35.0 6.8
Apr-08 4/7/2008 PS/OT Bottom 11:43 3.8 15.3 7.90 35.1 6.7
MPM Apr-08 4/2/2008 BS Midwater 9:42 0.3 15.9 5.70 34.8 8.0
WMTB 1 Apr-08 4/7/2008 BS Midwater 14:15 0.3 21.1 6.84 36.9 8.8
July 2008
Station Monitoring
Quarter
Date
Sampling
Event
Strata Time Depth
(m)
Temp
(°C)
Dissolved
Oxygen
(mg/L)
Salinity
(ppt)
Turbidity
(NTU)
1 Jul-08 7/7/2008 BS Midwater 9:41 1.3 23.6 5.60 34.8 22.0
Jul-08 PS/OT Bottom NC NC NC NC NC NC
2 Jul-08 7/7/2008 BS Midwater 10:23 1.8 20.4 5.80 33.8 4.0
Jul-08 PS/OT Bottom NC NC NC NC NC NC
MPM Jul-08 7/7/2008 BS Midwater 15:50 0.3 30.9 10.90 36.5 0.0
WMTB 1 Jul-08 7/7/2008 BS Midwater 16:25 0.3 26.1 7.30 35.2 2.0
CMTB 1 Jul-08 7/7/2008 BS Midwater 16:40 0.5 25.1 4.20 54.4 50.0
October 2008
Station Monitoring
Quarter
Date Sampling
Event
Strata Time Depth
(m)
Temp
(°C)
Dissolved
Oxygen
Salinity
(ppt)
Turbidity
(NTU)
1 Oct-08 10/25/2008 BS Midwater 13:17 0.1 21.1 8.20 34.3 5.0
Oct-08 10/15/2008 PS/OT Surface 11:45 0.2 16.4 8.03 33.9 13.1
Oct-08 10/15/2008 PS/OT Bottom 11:50 2.0 16.5 8.23 34.2 6.0
2 Oct-08 10/25/2008 BS Midwater 14:48 0.1 20.0 8.20 33.9 5.0
Oct-08 10/15/2008 PS/OT Surface 12:35 0.2 15.7 8.53 33.6 10.2
Oct-08 10/15/2008 PS/OT Bottom 12:40 2.0 15.2 8.55 33.5 7.5
MPM Oct-08 10/25/2008 BS Midwater 10:30 0.5 19.2 5.20 34.4 16.0
WMTB 1 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 37
WMTB 2 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 41
WMTB 3 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 38
CMTB 1 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 75
CMTB 2 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 75
CMTB 3 Oct-08 11/24/2008 BS Surface * 0.1 78
MPM = Muted Pocket Marsh
WMTB or CMTB = West or Central Muted Tidal Basin
BS = Beach seine
PS/OT = Purse seine/Otter trawl
NC = Not collected
*Water quality instrument failed in field. Water samples collected for subsequent salinity measurement with a refractometer in the laboratory.